Thomas Becket Biography

[@TheSellenhut]

A great effort at a concise factual five minute biography on a pivotal life lived. Wonderful.

[@PInk77W1]

There was about 20 Catholic bishops in England when King Henry took over the church. Only one stood up against him St. John Fisher

[@staceygrove7295]

Most have marched to the drum. Nothing has changed.

[@teresaniumata2742]

We need more Beckets in the line of Bishops.Thank you,for sharing.May God Bless you.

[@marlenabloomfield7174]

Also see the movie with Richard Burton playing leading role

[@honeysucklecat]

Peter O’Toole.

[@Bill-uo6cm]

I just watched the movie, very well made, I really enjoyed it.

[@songbird5266]

Thank you!

[@g00gle-]

Same here.

[@YourName-tt8tz]

How does this channel not have a million subscribers? Must be new. Keep it up!

[@shadysam7161]

I'm surprised this doesn't even have at least 10 k subs.

[@davidsain2129]

We need Beckett bishops today.

[@lyubomiriliev946]

Rather unlikely but also unnecessary as people don’t face the same oppression as they would in Beckett’s days (both from political and religious leaders).

[@classiclife7204]

The modern world provides examples of countries dominated and ruled by clerics. Saudi Arabia, for example. No thanks.

[@andrewlankford9634]

No, we don't need bishops that want to protect rapists from prosecution.

[@bethanybathory4933]

There's so much more that happened regarding Becket after his death. The cult that rose, the numerous miracles attributed to him that came after his death. His miraculous blood was diluted and carried in little lead vials by pilgrims. Such an interesting afterlife this guy had as well. :)

[@E.M895]

ok

[@paddyearly]

Excellent video on this most influential martyr🙏

[@TheInkPitOx]

In the Canterbury Tales, Becket was the hooly blisful martir for to seeke.

[@vladimirkrisnov]

Very helpful.

[@bim5093]

2:00 this reminds me of something. There is no logic but reasoning, and truth is the validation of reasoning.

[@con5ervativenutj0b]

Not a bad overview, even though it's nearly identical to the Wikipedia article on him.

[@junesilvermanb2979]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Becket

[@patriciafierro-newton8285]

It was very useful. Thank you 🙇

[@scottpoirier8994]

Recently discovered I am decenended from the Le Brett that took part of the killing

[@michaelofsydney6128]

asshole

[@milkannaondicho6278]

Dont blame them for what their relatives did that wasn't them

[@scottpoirier8994]

@@michaelofsydney6128 how clean is your family history from 900 years ago

[@michaelofsydney6128]

@@scottpoirier8994 Well, they weren't going round killing Priests!!!!

[@michaelofsydney6128]

@@milkannaondicho6278 The dude is proud of it

[@annabelledaisy2759]

pov: your not listening to ur history class rn

[@slainlabs6532]

How did you know?

[@wandaperi]

Normie

[@ishyamanthena]

You mean 8 mins lol but veryyyyyy helpfulll thx

[@crystalhowley4259]

Thank you good to know since president Trump made today a national day to honor Thomas Beckett.

[@lindsey7951]

That orange freak doesnt even know who st.Thomas Beckett is

[@lindsey7951]

Also so much of separation of church and state

[@c.harlie]

Trump is an orange cheeto

[@JD-yu3dk]

@@c.harlie you’re a moron.

[@JD-yu3dk]

@@lindsey7951 so much for constitutional literacy.

[@trimmien2350]

That was definitely longer than five minutes

[@lyubomiriliev946]

Have you not bought food and other goods from one pound/dollar stores before?

[@davidchamberlain5425]

1118----1170...he was archbishop of Canterbury and was murdered by 4 knights who took it upon themselves to commit this crime in a sacred place...4 very ignorant or evil minded people who did an awful act..and must go before God and hopefully totally have repented this act..maybe still to be done in a timeless realm we all live in...this world is all a fleeting show for man's illusion given.....this is to a time and place long gone or maybe only yesterday....amen .🌟🌟🌟😃

[@tedthesailor172]

Interesting. It's not quite how it was taught to me and very different from the movie `Becket'...

[@subrin1]

Bruh I’m watching this cause of online class 😐😑

[@kristasears5645]

Well that's a different interpretation that I heard earlier today

[@nickf8268]

How so?

[@kristasears5645]

@@nickf8268 well I heard from doctor Taylor Marshall that he did sign the document and intended to do as a king wish and then changed his mind here they say he never signed a document and he refused

[@creightonstarbuck2000]

Saint Thomas Becket, pray for us

[@naaveenmahadeshwar7889]

❤️ 🙏🙏🙏🙏Only Peter could do this to Richard centuries later! ,😅😁

[@TWOCOWS1]

Ok, why is he called "Thomas a Becket"??? were there a lot of Beckets around and he was just one of them?? Or is becket a position, and he was one them beckets who occupied it??

[@johnwalsh819]

The "a Becket or Becket" is a relatively modern thing. Surnames weren't common in the 12th century and Thomas himself never used it. He was known as Thomas of London or Thomas of Canterbury.

[@TWOCOWS1]

@@johnwalsh819 thanks. so what you are telling me is that Becket was his last name? BUT he is called "a" Becket, not "the" Becket. what gives? adding a definite article "the" to the beginning of the last name is practiced even today by the languages that still have definite articles like Arabic. everybody carries their last name with the definite article "al-" (which means "the" and "of" in English). so dudes are al- this and al- that!!

[@johnwalsh819]

​@@TWOCOWS1 No. This surname "Becket" was given to his father for identification from other Gilberts in the place he was born, as around this time it was a very popular christian name. Surnames at this time were optional, not used regularly and very few people used them. The "a" or "de" before the surname really only indicates, as you say, "the" or "of" or "from". The name Becket itself can mean "the man from the beck or little brook" or "little beak" or "beak face". As I have already said, Thomas preferred to be called Thomas of London, or once he became Chancellor Thomas the Chancellor and after becoming Archbishop, Thomas the Archbishop. But "Becket"was used as a surname for him but usually only by people who really disliked him such as Roger l'Pont Eveque and Gilbert Foliot, Archbishop of York and Bishop of London respectively. It was used as a put down, a reminder that he wasn't born into the nobility. And remember the words the four knights used when entering the Cathedral "Where is Thomas Becket, traitor to the king and the kingdom?". After canonisation he was known as St Thomas of Canterbury. And all the churches dedicated to him from then were so named. It's only probably in the past 100 years or so that he has become commonly known as Thomas Becket.

[@TWOCOWS1]

@@johnwalsh819 Thank you John. Love how polite you are and speak constructively. Not common on KZbin where people use profanities and/or idocies. Actually, Beck or buck is the old Saxon/Germanic, meaning trees and woods. So Becket would be more of a woodsman, dude from the forests (not terrible complementary). BUT still, why is he "a" Becket rather than just Becket or The Becket? Is this a modern mixup?

[@inhonorofmary6825]

Ty

[@vaibhavk1342]

whose here because their history teacher told them to come here

[@santhoshjacob5439]

Is ur dad Neil Armstrong

[@y2zo]

lol

[@wandaperi]

Alien lunar mother

[@maksimvrankovic3219]

Yeah

[@elizasmith2145]

pov: you got a test tomorrow

[@wandaperi]

Normie

[@Amused_Comfort_Inc]

I'm related to him 😀

[@andrewlankford9634]

Sounds like he wasn't a Saxon in any sense of the word, unlike in the movie.

[@miryamamar5442]

HE was Norman. The film was playing off of the race problem.

[@vashna3799]

He really should be our national saint not St George who never set foot in England. Beckett was English born and bred.

[@harrydavy0887]

who else is watching this because they forgot to revise

[@MelonMaguYT]

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[@MzClaimed]

Ok only people who go to My school will know me aha

[@y2zo]

ok

[@c.harlie]

Who asked?

[@MzClaimed]

@@c.harlie ur mum

[@wadecoleman7120]

duckduckgo search ITALIAN FEDERAL COURT must see. In JESUS ALMIGHTY NAME, AMEN

[@sirandrelefaedelinoge]

I read that *SAINT* Thomas' final words - addressed to one of the murderous knights - was to call him *"a fucking pimp!"* (probably spelled pymp in those days). Great last words...

[@junesilvermanb2979]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint

[@wandaperi]

Chess was more violent in those days

[@samuellea6688]

Becket was a traitor

[@lyubomiriliev946]

To whom? His ascendant Saxons or the King?